Today takes the team deep into the Tsitsikamma Mountains and forests. This is a wetter and more remote world where a true sense of isolation begins to take hold. This is an enchanted world where echoes of past giants such as elephants and buffalo can still be felt. Some of the finest specimens of South Africa’s national tree, the Outeniqua yellowwood, keep sentinel over the forest canopy while hikers clamber over their enormous roots beneath.

Buffelsbos is where the last buffalo of the Tsitsikamma region was shot and killed in 1886. In the eerie and enchanted patch of indigenous forest, the trail begins its Eastward course through the mountains. The crossing of the Bloukrans River will provide a wonderful resting place. Our team will feel as if they have entered another world and supposedly they will as they cross the river from the Western Cape into the Eastern Cape.

From this section till the overnight hut, reception unfortunately is very poor. Any photos of our team will be limited on our social media platforms. The overnight hut is situated in the generally wetter Keurbos Forest.